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In the year 1953
395 Notable deaths
Felice Bonetto
Italian racing driver.
Born June 9th, 1903 in Manerbio.
Died November 21st, 1953 at 50 years old in Silao.
Woo Tsin-hang
Chinese scholar (1865-1953).
Born March 25th, 1865 in Wujin District.
Died October 30th, 1953 at 88 years old in Taipei.
Morgan Russell
American artist (1886-1953).
Born January 25th, 1886 in New York City.
Died May 29th, 1953 at 67 years old in Philadelphia (cerebrovascular disease).
Milovan Jakšić
Serbian footballer (1909-1953).
Born September 21st, 1909 in Kolašin.
Died December 25th, 1953 at 44 years old in Alexandria (myocardial infarction).
Gustav Herglotz
German mathematician (*1881 – †1953).
Born February 2nd, 1881 in Volary.
Died March 22nd, 1953 at 72 years old in Göttingen.
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
French painter (1865-1953).
Born September 30th, 1865 in Algiers. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1953 at 87 years old in Le Vésinet.
Alexei Ivanovich Hegay
North korean politician (1908-1953).
Born March 18th, 1908 in Khabarovsk.
Died July 2nd, 1953 at 45 years old in Pyongyang (ballistic trauma).
Edgar Norton
American actor (1868-1953).
Born August 11th, 1868 in London. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1953 at 84 years old in Woodland Hills.
Herbert E. Ives
American physicist (1882-1953).
Born July 31st, 1882 in Philadelphia.
Died November 13th, 1953 at 71 years old in Montclair.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 395
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner